diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 036a76ba2ac2..69daa81736f6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ new_segment:
 
 			if (!skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, pfrag->page,
 					      pfrag->offset)) {
-				if (i == sysctl_max_skb_frags || !sg) {
+				if (i >= sysctl_max_skb_frags || !sg) {
 					tcp_mark_push(tp, skb);
 					goto new_segment;
 				}